Device for drawing curtains and the like



Oct. 27,1931. A

DEVICE FOR DRAWING CURTAINS AND THE LIKE Fi led Feb. 4. 1951 Patented Oct. 27, 1931 UNITED STATES AUGUST RAPP, OF ISERLOHN, GERMANY DEVICE FOR DRAWING CURTAINS AND THE LIKE Application filed February 4, 1931, Serial No.

The present invention relates to devices for drawing curtains and the like in which the curtains are suspended on'holders running along the interior of a hollow rod provided with a slit on its under side. Hitherto it has been necessary to use two parallel rods for drawing curtains consisting of two portions which are drawn apart in opposite directions.

In accordance with the present invention,

a runner fitted with a curtain holder and a tongue for attaching the cord is mounted on the outer circumference of the hollow rod. If the front edge of one of the halves of the curtain is fixed to this runner and the front edge of the other curtain is attached to the usual holders arranged inside the hollow rod, the two halves of the curtain can overlap to a certain extent when the curtains are closed. Consequently, a second rod can be dispensed with and the device for drawing the curtains together is accordingly simplified, has less weight and is cheaper to construct. The use of a runner, more particularly of a runner of sufficient length has the advantage of preventing the cord from catching and amming. If desired, the runner can be fitted with roller bearings.

The subject matter of the present invention is shown by way of example in the appended drawings.

Fig. 1 is a partial front view of a hollow rod fixed to a carrier rail and carrying a runner,

u Fig. 2 is a cross section along the line AB in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan of the runner.

Fig. 4 is a front view of the tongue of the runner and to which the cord is attached.

Fig. 5 is a section along the line CD, a view of the cord, however, being shown.

Fig. 6 is a further form of construction of the hollow rod fixed to the carrier rail.

As shown in Fig. 2, the hollow rod a which has a slit on its underside and the carrier rail 6 are made of one piece, the carrier rail in the form of construction shown by way of example being of a T-shaped cross section and being joined to the hollow rod by means of a web a.

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Mounted on the hollow rod is a runner. The chief parts of this runner are two arms d, the shape of which is adapted to the surface of the hollow rod, that is to say the arms are curved and joined by means of a web 6. The curved portions of the arms (1 are continued in a short horizontal portion f, which in its turn is continued in an upward portion 9. The portion f rests on the web e, whereas the upper edge of the portion 9 comes to lie underneath the upper flange of the carrier rail 1). By this means the runner is prevented from being lifted off accidentally.

The runner is further fitted with a hook it for the purpose of attaching the front edge of one of the curtains and with a vertical tongue 2' for attaching the cord. In the form of construction shown by way of example this tongue is given a neck is and the cord Z is attached to the tongue by means of a ring m, without tying a knot, in the manner shown in Figs. 4 and 5 only by friction.

The curtain holders run inside the hollow rod and in the form of construction shown by way of example they have a spherical shape a and are provided with a hook o. i

The hooks o carry the two portions of the curtain. Only the front edge of one of the curtains is suspended on the hook 71.. By this means it is possible for this half of the curtain to overlap the other half when the curtains are being drawn together.

If it is desirable to have the curtain overlapping to a comparatively large extent, the runner can of course be made longer and the number of hooks 72. can be increased.

As is shown in Fig. 6, the carrier rail may have a U-shaped cross section. The flanges p and g of the carrier rail which are bent downwards can in this case form a complete roof over the device for drawing the curtains including the hooks.

I claim:

1. In a device for drawing curtains and the like, a hollow rod having a slit along its underside, holders for the curtains running inside the hollow rod, a runner mounted on the outer circumference of said hollow rod, and a curtain holder and a tongue for attaching a cord arranged on said runner, said said runner, said tongue having a neck, and

I a ring adapted to fix a cord to the neck of said tongue by friction, said runner being adaptedto be attached to the forward edge of a curtain carried bysaid holders whereb to dispose said forward edge out of the P am of the body of the curtain.

3. Ina device for drawing curtains and the like, a hollow rod having a slit alongits underside, holders for the curtains running lnside the hollowrod, a carrler rail of angular shape joined laterally to said'hollow rod,

a runner carried by said hollow rod exter nally thereof, the cross section of said runner conforming-to the cross section of said hollow rod and of said carrier rail, and a curtain holder and a tongue for attachinga cord arranged on said run-ner.

' 4. In a device for drawing curtains and the like, a 'hollow rod having a slit along its underside,holders for the curtains running inside the hollow rod, a carrier rail havi'ng'a vertical web connected. to said hollow rod by a horizontal flange and having a further horizontal flange at its upper end, the cross 7 section of saidn runner conforming to the cross section of said hollowv rod and of said carrier rail, a runner slidable along said hollow rod, saidrunner engaging underneath said upper flange of said carrier rail, and a curtain holder and a tongue for attaching a cord arranged onsaidrunner.

5. In a device for drawingcurtains and the one side of said curtain holders within the rod whereby to dispose a curtain section carried by said holders and runner in overlapping relation with respect to a separate 00- operating curtain section when the said sections are closed together.

- In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature. 1" i o AUGUST "RAPP.

like, a hollow rod having ajslit along its unc derside, holders for the curtains running n'-;

side'the hollow'r'od,'a carrierrail, said rail having a substantially U-sha'ped crosssection including spaced vertical webs and a horizontal flange connecting the same, one of the.

vertical webs of said rail being connected to said hollow rod by a horizontal flange, a runner on said hollowrod, the cross section of said runner conforming to thecross section ofsaidhollow rod and of said carrier rail, said runner'engag'ing underneath the horizontal flange connecting both the vertical 1 websuof said carrier rail, and a curtain holder and a'tongue for attachinga cord arranged on said runner. 1 I

V6. Ina device of the classdescribed, a hol- 10w curtainsupporting rod having a longitudinal slittherein,fcurtain holders carried thereby and freely slidable within thesame,

and a runner ,freely slidable on theexternal surface of the rod and having curtain engaging means disposed in a plane displaced to 

